Highlighted Member
Member Interview: Illustrator Tiffany Shih
When Tiffany is not busy planning and organizing events for our chapter, she is an illustrator who loves themes of romance, magic, space, ghosts, fantastical creatures, and world building. Her professional career has been as a software product designer in the technology sector, with a focus on UX/UI product design. Read on to find out her story.
Member Interviews
Member Interview: Author Gloria Amescua
Gloria Amescua’s ABULELITA’S SONG, a bilingual picture book, treats readers to song lyrics and music as back matter to the story. Read on to learn about Gloria’s backstory as an author.
Member Interview: Author Chris Barton
Find out how author Chris Barton, whose recent picture book was celebrated at BookPeople, stays busy creating stories that make a splash in the kidlit world.
Member Interview: Author Mari Mancusi
Find out what award-winning Mari Mancusi has to say about her life as an author—from bestsellers to Bluebonnet lists and beyond.
Member Interview: Author Anne Wynter
Catch up with author Anne Wynter, and read about her latest works–from picture books to board books, to a recent collaboration with another SCBWI Austin chapter member.
Member Interview: Illustrator Keiko Hayner
Our Member Interview Series is pleased to welcome illustrator Keiko Hayner, the artist behind our new website banner. Originally from Japan, Keiko has lived in the U.S. since 2004, and began her art career, in earnest, in 2020. Her medium is primarily watercolor, but she also works in digital art and block printing. She holds a BA in Graphic Design from Osaka University of the Arts.
Member Interview: Author Cynthia Levinson
As a mostly nonfiction writer, she recently launched WHO OWNS THE MOON, AND OTHER CONUNDRUMS OF EXPLORING AND USING SPACE (Penguin Random House, 2025) at Book People.
Member Interview: Author Anna Alsup
As we turn the page to begin a new year, we’d like to introduce Austin SCBWI’s new Regional Advisor, Anna Alsup, through our Member Interview Series. She has already led several meetings and has expressed enthusiasm for our chapter’s next storyline.
Member Interview: Author Meredith Davis
Our Monthly Member Interview Series welcomes Meredith Davis, author of THE MINOR MIRACLE .
Member Interview: Author-Illustrator Don Tate
We welcome Don Tate to our Member Interview Series, author-illustrator of THE DAY MADEAR VOTED and more!
Member Interview: Author Nicholas Solis
Our Member Interview Series continues with an update on Nicholas Solis, author of recently published THE LITTLEST GRITO (Sleeping Bear Press, 2024).
